The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-09-27
SALT LAKE 6 LOS ANGELES.
A California Journals Ideas of
the Scheme.

For several mouths past preliminary
surveys have been made through the
Sierra Madre and across the Mojave
desert.
It has been difficult to learn the true
inwardness of all these movements,
principally because the surveys were
being made by several parties in the
| interests of various railway syndicates.
One of these lines now begins to as
sumo shape, and we cannot doubt that
the proposed line will soon become
reality.
The route of the Southern Pacific
north is well known to be clrcultous
and difficult. 1t has been sought to
better this line, but the proposition to
which we refer has no direct connection
with either the Southern Pacific or the
Santa Fe, but is new route to be built
from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles.
The proposed route will have general
soutneasterly course, and will make
remark ably short route to the east and
north. There are no serious natural
obstacles in the topography OF the
country to interfere with the speedy
construction OF the road, which lies
throughout the entire length through
rich agricultural and mining districts.
The local traffic along such road
would make it dividend paying pro
position, without any consideration of
an immense overland business.
Three routes through the Sierra
Madre are known to exist. One via
Rock Greek canyon and the canyon OF
the Tejunga, one via Rock Creek and
Millard's canyon, and one via Rock
Creek canyon and the Arroyo Seco.
The last route is considered preferable
and more feasible than either of the
others.
The first mentioned would take the
line through the San Fernando Valley
from the mouth of the Tejunga and
via Crescenta and La Canyado to Pssa-
dens and Los Angeles. This line would
involve some heavy but not impractic-
able grades.
The route via Rock Creek and Mil
lard's canyon is also quite practicable,
but that via the Arroyo is considered by
far the best, as 1t Will be more direct
and no more expensive than either OF
| the others.
The line of the road northeasterly
from Rock Greek will follow approx
mately the old wagon trail to Salt Lake,
distance OF 700 miles through Los
Angeles, though it is thought that the
railroad line will shorten the distance
nearly 200 miles.
There are valuable resources the en-
tire length of the line.
DR.. o. 81. Conger has been over the
route of the proposed road and says it
is entirely practicable. He has been
acquainted for many years with the
resources of the country through which
it will pass, and has also an intimate
acquaintance with the canyons and
passes of the Sierra Madre, and it is
owing directly to the information given
by him that this matter has been taken
up by prominent railroad men and
is being actively pushed. 1t will afford
short cut through a rich section
of the country, as yet not penetrated
with railroads, between Southern Cali
fornia and the great central overland
routes. Meetings have recently been
held in Salt Lake, and such steps have
| been taken as are likely to insure the
construction of this road.
1t noWLemains for Pasadena and Los
Angeles to say whether or not they will
take up the proposition at this end of
the line, and, uniting with the Salt
Lake people, help to build it. We be-
lieve that both Los Angeles and Pasa-
dena will think so favorably of the eE-
terprise that they will willingly lend it
financial aid.-Pasadena (Cal.) Daily
Union.